rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront
how many people; a number of people
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
(distinction of) sex; gender
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to intervene; to stop (something)
that; the matter in question
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
odds and ends; all; every
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
access (to a place, esp. using public transport); access (to a website, data, etc.)
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
genuine article; real thing; real deal
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
continuation; succession; series; continuous
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together